LAND CENTRED COORDINATES 506503 137781 HORSHAM ROAD CRANLEIGH Phased hybrid planning application comprising… Data via plota.co.uk

WA/2025/00922 - FULL APPLICATION MAJOR Approved at committee

Approved at planning committee on 13 May 2026, subject to a legal agreement. The council issues its decision notice once the agreement is signed.

Proposal

Phased Hybrid Planning Application Comprising: Full Planning Application For The Demolition Of Vachery Bungalow And The Erection Of Residential Dwellings New Access Road From Horsham Road Internal Roads Car Parking Landscaping Public Open Space And Other Associated Works And Infrastructure; Outline Planning Application With All Matters Reserved Except For Access For The Development Of Self / Custom Build Dwellings. (Amended Plans And Documents Received) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 May 2025
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Committee
13 May 2026
Decision notice
Not issued yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 12 May 2026; it is now day 540.

The consultation period closed on 12 May 2026.

Planning committee

Decided by Waverley Planning Committee on 13 May 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because housing, open space and biodiversity benefits outweighed limited localised landscape harm.
  • Residents objected over infrastructure, drainage, traffic, countryside loss, ecology, construction impacts and neighbouring amenity.
  • The committee voted to grant permission, with 10 in favour, two against and one abstention.
Read how the committee decided The proposed homes, site context, officer assessment, objections, public speakers, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording, from 1:04:22 where this application was taken

Source: Plota analysis of Waverley's committee minutes of 13 May 2026.

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 20 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Waverley
Application type
FULL APPLICATION MAJOR
Received
7 May 2025
Validated
7 May 2025
Ward
Cranleigh West
Parish
Cranleigh
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Aug 2025
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 540, past the statutory target. 69% of full applications in Waverley are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

Day 540484 days past the 56-day target
43%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
280decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Waverley in the last twelve months, from validation. Waverley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 May 2026
Waverley
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#133 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Waverley ranks #144 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Waverley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #163 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #141 of 296
66%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #144 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #134 of 296
70%
Minor dwellings approved
151 decided (1-9 homes)
59%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
67%
Change of use approved
21 decided
1,378
Total decisions
161 refused in the year to March 2026